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Thermodynamics
First Law of Thermodynamics
Previous Years Questions

Marks 1

Water (density $$ = 1000$$ $$kg/{m^3}$$) at ambient temperature flows through a horizontal pipe of uniform cross section at the rate of $$1$$ $$kg/s.$...
A gas contained in a cylinder is compressed, the work required for compression being $$5000$$ $$kJ.$$ During the process, heat interaction of $$200$$ ...
A $$2$$ $$kW,$$ $$40$$ liter water heater is switched on for $$20$$ minutes. The heat capacity $${C_p}$$ for water is $$4.2$$ $$kJ/kg$$ $$K.$$ Assumin...
A steam turbine receives steam steadily at $$10$$ $$bar$$ with an enthalpy of $$3000$$ $$kJ/kg$$ and discharges at $$1$$ bar with an enthalpy of $$270...
A steel ball of mass $$1$$ $$kg$$ and specific heat $$0.4$$ $$kJ/kg$$ is at temperature of $${60^ \circ }C.$$ It is dropped into $$1$$ $$kg$$ water at...
The first law of thermodynamics takes the form $$W = - \Delta \,H$$ when applied to :

Marks 2

A calorically perfect gas (specific heat at constant pressure $$1000$$$$J/kg.K$$) enters and leaves a gas turbine with the same velocity. The temperat...
One $$kg$$ of an ideal gas (gas constant, $$R = 400$$ $$J/kg.K;$$ specific heat at constant volume, $${c_v} = 1000\,J/kg.K$$ at $$1$$ bar, and $$300$$...
A piston-cylinder device initially contains $$0.4\,{m^3}$$ of air (to be treated as an ideal gas) at $$100$$ $$kPa$$ and $${80^ \circ }C.$$ The air is...
Steam at an initial enthalpy of $$100$$ $$kJ/kg$$ and inlet velocity of $$100$$ $$m/s,$$ enters an insulated horizontal nozzle. It leaves the nozzle a...
Work is done on an adiabatic system due to which its velocity changes from $$10$$ $$m/s$$ to $$20$$ $$m/s,$$ elevation increases by $$20$$ $$m$$ and t...
A well insulated rigid container of volume $$1{m^3}$$ contains $$1.0$$ $$kg$$ of an ideal gas $$\left[ {{C_p} =1000\,\,\,J/\left( {kg.K} \right)} \rig...
Specific enthalpy and velocity of steam at inlet and exit of a steam turbine, running under steady state, are as given below: The rate of heat loss...
Steam enters an adiabatic turbine operating at steady state with an enthalpy of $$3251.0kJ/kg$$ and leaves as a saturated mixture at $$15$$ $$kPa$$ wi...
Air enters an adiabatic nozzle at $$300$$ $$kPa,$$ $$500$$ $$K$$ with a velocity of $$10$$ $$m/s.$$ It leaves the nozzle at $$100$$ $$kPa$$ with a vel...
Air enters an adiabatic nozzle at $$300$$ $$kPa,$$ $$500$$ $$K$$ with a velocity of $$10$$ $$m/s.$$ It leaves the nozzle at $$100$$ $$kPa$$ with a vel...
The temperature and pressure of air in a large reservoir are $$400$$ $$K$$ and $$3$$ bar respectively. A converging diverging nozzle of exit area $$0....
The temperature and pressure of air in a large reservoir are $$400$$ $$K$$ and $$3$$ bar respectively. A converging diverging nozzle of exit area $$0....
A balloon containing an ideal gas is initially kept in an evacuated and insulated room. The balloon ruptures and the gas fills up the entire room. Whi...
A rigid, insulated tank is initially evacuated. The tank is connected with a supply line through which air ( assumed to be ideal gas with constant spe...
What is the speed of sound in Neon gas at a temperature of $$500$$ $$K$$ (Gas constant of Neon is $$0.4210$$ $$kJ/kg$$-$$K$$)?
A small steam whistle (perfectly insulated and doing no shaft work) causes a drop of $$0.8$$ $$kJ/kg$$ in the enthalpy of steam from entry to exit. If...
When an ideal gas with constant specific heats is throttled adiabatically, with negligible changes in kinetic and potential energies
A rigid insulated cylinder has two compartments separated by a thin membrane. While one compartment contains one kmol nitrogen at a certain pressure a...

Marks 5

A certain mass of a pure substance undergoes an irreversible process from state $$1$$ to state $$2,$$ the path of the process being a straight line on...
Air enters a frictionless adiabatic converging nozzle at $$10$$ bar, $$500$$ $$K$$ with negligible velocity. The nozzle dis-charges to a region at $$2...
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